Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-08-12
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Rov. j. N. Prestridgo backs down
from debating about plural marriages.
Why? Have Americans become so
virtuous and pure, under our present
laws, that no room for improvement
is left? Hardly. Is marriage such
an indicate subject that it may not,
with property, be discussed through
the columns of apaper o, no. Why,
then, does the gentleman back down ?
For this plain, good reasonable Bible
does not sustain his rieicS. Ii he
could prove from the Bible that hav-
ing two wives at a time constitutes
impurity in the eyes of our Creator,
of course he would do it. But as he
cannot, he makes a few unchristian
thrusts and withdraws. During the
last eighteen months he has been in
vestigating this matter some, aud has
seen how formidable our weapons
are. They may be seen from Genesis
to Revelations. Having carefully
noticed our artillery he does not wish
to fight. lie is like Mr.. L. was. A
friend asked l.. why he did not whip
the man who insulled him several
hours previous. why, said Il. didn't
you see that great long pistol he had y
lie says it is too late in the centur-
les to argue this question. We think
it will never be too late TO study the
law of God, and cause the people to
understand it. We think that as
Americans are making so much prog
ress in every other branch of knowl-
edge, they should make some in the
study of the diyine-iaw also Espec-
tally as we now have SO many helps
in the study of the Scriptures, which
people did not have few years ago
The gentleman pronounces our
publication of fourteen months ago a
wholesale failure. We take pleasure
in informing him that many good,
sensible men, throughout the county,
regardless of denominahonal lines,
have read our pamphlet, and now say
that we proved all our views by plain,
ample, scriptural quotations. Among
the number are gentlemen who stand
very high in professional circles; and
if Mr.. Prestridge will meet them in
verbal debate, he will find them pre-
pared. The pamphlets have also
found their way into other counties,
and to our national capital, where
they have been read by some of our
ablest statesmen, and have put them
to thinking. We do not call this
wholesale failure.
There is an older minister in Hop
kinsville than MIR. Prestridge ; he has
had more time in which to study the
divine law and acquaint himself with
the mind and will of Jehovah. Many
persons regard him as the ablest
minister in the city. He is the man
from whom we were specially desir-
GUS of hearing. We would be so glad
if he would take up the three PROPOSE
tons in our article of July 20, and
say which of them we are correct in,
and why and which we are mistaken
about, and why. Gods holy law
should be expounded 10 the people.
In the New Testament we find these
words: ''For the Iaw was given by
Noses" Our Saviour's words are,
"Did not Moses give you the ldwP
Jesus declared that He had not come
to repeal or abrogate the law. st
Paul says, "Do we then make void
the laW through faith God forbid
yea, we establish the ldO." The
psalmist says, "The law of the Lord il
perfect" "The statutes of the Lord
are right" Let us, then turn to the
divine law, and see what some Of it,
provisions are. We find that it il
very full and complete; that it ever
instructs men how to dress and shave
and trim their hair; that it contains
severe penalties against all kinds o
impurity; that the penalty for plur
atty of husbands is death. Butther'
is no penalty s0hateUer for plurality
of wives and such marriages are NJ
where forbidden. Nor were any o
the great men of God ever reprovet
for contracting them. Does not any
sane man know that the divine law
shows clearly, fully, and unmistaka.
bly,, what the mind and pW of God
are? AS the psalmist expresses it
Gle made known his tDays unto
Moses" Do you catch ON, brother
Prestridge?
The difference between Gods law
and American law is simply this
Gods law grants considerable liberty
through marriage, but none through
the brothels. American law -givert
have robbed the people of their mar.
riage liberty, and in return have
granted much liberty through the
brothels. They have taken the peo-
pies bread, and given them serpent,
God save as from any more such
soaps.
WIN. ID. SUMMERS.
Hopkinsville, Ky.
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